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The 1997 Preakness Stakes was the 122nd running of the Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...

. The race took place on May 17, 1997, and was televised in the United States

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on the NBC

NBC

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. Silver Charm

Silver Charm

Silver Charm is an American Champion Thoroughbred race horse. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary Stevens, Silver Charm will be remembered most for winning the 1997 Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in the Triple Crown....

, who was jockeyed by Gary L. Stevens, won the race. Approximate post time was 5:29 p.m. Eastern Time. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 102,118, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events

American thoroughbred racing top attended events

This is a listing of the top attended stakes race for thoroughbred racing in North America by year. This chart will list the paid attendance to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky; the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland; the Kentucky Oaks at...

for North America in 1997.

Payout

The 122nd Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule

Program Number	Horse Name	Win	Place	Show
6	Silver Charm Silver Charm Silver Charm is an American Champion Thoroughbred race horse. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary Stevens, Silver Charm will be remembered most for winning the 1997 Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in the Triple Crown....	$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 8.20	$4.00	$2.60
3	Free House Free House Free House may refer to:Free House , an American Thoroughbred racehorse.Free house , a British pub that is owned independently of the breweries that supply it....	-	$3.60	$2.60
8	Captain Bodgit Captain Bodgit Captain Bodgit is a millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse who is a multiple grade one stakes winner. He is best known for his "flying" closing finishes in the first two legs of the U.S. Triple Crown races in 1997...	-	-	$2.40

$2 Exacta: (6–3) paid $22.40

$2 Trifecta

Trifecta

In horse racing terminology, a trifecta is a parimutuel bet in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third in exact order. The word comes from the related betting term, "perfecta". A trifecta is known as a tiercé in France and Hong Kong and as a tris in Italy.It...

: (6–3–8) paid $38.20

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Finish Position	Lengths Behind	Post Position	Horse name	Trainer	Jockey	Post Time Odds	Purse Earnings
1st	0	7	Silver Charm Silver Charm Silver Charm is an American Champion Thoroughbred race horse. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary Stevens, Silver Charm will be remembered most for winning the 1997 Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in the Triple Crown....	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Gary L. Stevens	3.10-1	$650,000
2nd	Head	4	Free House Free House Free House may refer to:Free House , an American Thoroughbred racehorse.Free house , a British pub that is owned independently of the breweries that supply it....	Paco Gonzalez Paco González Francisco "Paco" González is a Spanish sport journalist.Gonzalez was born in Madrid in 1966, but raised in Folgueras de Cornás . He returned to Madrid to study journalism at Complutense University. He started work as an intern at broadcaster Cadena SER in 1987 and did not graduate...	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	2.40-1	$200,000
3rd	Head	9	Captain Bodgit Captain Bodgit Captain Bodgit is a millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse who is a multiple grade one stakes winner. He is best known for his "flying" closing finishes in the first two legs of the U.S. Triple Crown races in 1997...	Gary Capuano	Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...	2.10-1 favorite	$100,000
4th	1½	5	Touch Gold Touch Gold Touch Gold is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the Classic Belmont Stakes in which he ended Silver Charm's bid for the U.S.Triple Crown....	David Hofmans David Hofmans David E. Hofmans is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. Born and raised in Los Angeles, as a boy his father brought him to watch horse racing at area tracks. While a student at Pasadena City College he became friends with Gary Jones...	Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....	4.60-1	$50,000
5th	7¾	8	Frisk Me Now Frisk Me Now Frisk Me Now is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse a multiple Graded stakes race winner whose victories include the Flamingo Stakes, Ohio and Pennsylvania Derbys, and the Suburban, Widener, Philip H...	Robert J. Durso	Edwin L. King, Jr.	29.60-1
6th	9	6	Concerto Concerto A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...	John J. Tammaro, III	Mike E. Smith	9.00-1
7th	20	3	Hoxie	Alfredo Callejas	Jose A. Santos	68.10-1
8th	22¾	2	Wild Tempest	Nicholas P. Zito	Joe Bravo Joe Bravo (jockey) Joe Bravo is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. The son and grandson of jockeys, he began his professional career in Thoroughbred flat racing at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida during the latter end of 1988.According to his NTRA profile, Joe Bravo has dominated the New...	61.30-1
9th	36¾	10	Cryp Too	Allen Borosh	C. C. Lopez Chuck C. Lopez Charles C. "Chuck" Lopez is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Recorded as "Charles," he is the son of jockey Carlos Lopez, Sr....	54.30-1
10th	37	1	Jack At the Bank	Alfredo Callejas	W. Herb McCauley Herb McCauley W. Herbert McCauley is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who has been called "one of the most talented and aggressive riders of his generation" by John Piesen, an odds-maker for the New York Post and the Daily Racing Form. While still a small boy, Herb McCauley began riding horses on...	68.10-1

Winning Owner: Robert B. Lewis & Beverly J. Lewis

Breeder: Mary L. Wootton (FL)

Final Time: 1:54 4/5
Track Condition: Fast
Total Attendance: 102,118

Payout

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